Busk for corsets.



' No. 849,905. P'ATENTED APR. 9, 1907.

R.B.LEGGEJ .BUSK'FOR coasms.

APPLIGATION FILED 0 0T.24, 1906.-

RUTH E. LEGGE, OF SANDWICH, ENGLAND.

BUSK FOR OORSETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1907.

Application filed O'ctober 24:, 1906- Serial No. 340,309-

taching addition plates or bars to the busks for the purpose ofstrengthening them and in attaching caps or covers to the ends of thebusks, said caps being of any suitable shape and having one or moretongues which are inserted through holes or slots in the busks andafterward bent so as to retain the caps in position.

I will now describe my invention with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a pair of busks,illustrating the invention. Fig. 2 is an edge view of one of the busks.Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of an end of one busk, illustrating theinvention in detail. Fig. 4 is a similar View illustrating a slightmodified arrangement of the invention.

In the drawings, a indicates a pair of busks and the strengthening baror plate I), secured by a rivet c to each end of the bush, a cap (1,provided with tongues e, projecting from opposite sides of the capadjacent opposite ends thereof and passing through openings f,positioned near the end of the bush. In the modified form illustrated inFig. 4 the free end of the tongue after being passed through theapertures f is inserted within the cap (1.

g and h are the plates and studs for fastening the busks together.

The busks may be provided with either or both the strengthening-platesand the end caps. The shape of the plates is immaterial, providing theyare suitable for their purpose, and the end caps may be of any suit"-able shape and have one or more tongues.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a bush having apertures near its ends, capsfitting on the ends of the bush and tongues projecting from oppositesides of the cap and passing through the openings of the bush.

2. In combination with a husk having apertures near its ends, capsfitting on the ends of the bush and tongues projecting from oppositesides of the cap and passing through the openings of the bush, saidtongues being of such length as to have their free ends extending withinthe caps.

3. In combination, a bush having openings near its ends,. caps fittingon the ends of the bush, tongues formed on opposite sides of the cap andadjacent opposite ends thereof said tongues passing through the openingsin the bush.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

' RUTH E. LEGGE. Witnesses:

R. A. BUDDEN, JosEPH LAKE.

